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Show SHAW INVESTIGATES ST. LOUIS SHORTAGE ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw spent a part of this forenoon in close consultation with F. W. Lehmann, special counsel for the Government in the prosecution of tbe 'sub-treasury $61,500 shortage case. "I have had the report of Assistant United States Treasurer Akins, and of the special commission that we sent here from Washington to make an investigation," in-vestigation," said the Secretary, "but I thought that I could get a better understanding of the matter if I made a personal investigation. I shall spend the day here looking over matters pertaining per-taining to the shortage. |